Responses of oval butterflyfish to the dummies mimicking a tail-up and a normal postures.(5.4MB, 00:00:44)Shot Date: 1991/07 Shot Location: Kuroshima Is., Okinawa, Japan | ||
| species Chaetodon lunulatus Key Words | ||
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Animalia >Chordata >Osteichthyes >Perciformes >Chaetodontidae >Chaetodon >
The butterflyfish forms monogamous pair bonds and each pair defends a territory against conspecifics. Two types of dummies were presented to the butterflyfish, Chaetodon lunulatus, in their home territories: one mimicking the fish in a tail-up posture and the other in a normal posture.
(Data No.momo071010cl01b)
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